Our Board of Directors

President

Peggy Rogers is our president and founder. She has been to Zambia 11 times She feels like it is her home away from home. She says she has 5 great children who support her in what ever she does and 9 grand children (who will soon support her in what ever she does) and blessed beyond words to have hundreds of her own children in Zambia. Peggy would like to thank everyone who made this organization what it is today and that it is still going strong after almost twenty years!!

Board member

Kelly Wood first began supporting ZSF ten years ago when her daughter heard Peggy speak at her elementary school. She knew she wanted to help but didnt know how to raise money. She told her mom about it and Kelly jumped on board baking cinnamon rolls where every Friday her daughter would sell them at her school. That daughter is now in college and Kelly joins our team!

Newsletter designer

Tena Allen came on board a few years ago and has now polished her skills and does a wonderful quarterly newsletter she will travel to Zambia in March of 2019 for the first time, she is so excited

Vice President

Jim Boud is our vice president. He is an attorney with 4 children and 11 grandchildren. He has taken two of his daughters to Zambia on two of his trips to visit our students. They were both deeply touched by the experience. He has taken on the role of leading most of the trips to Zambia and has fallen in love with the people in Zambia. His favorite part of each trip is to visit the children at the Chileshe Chepela Special Needs School in Kasama, Zambia.

Board member

Stephanie Eggli is the newest member of our team She first heard about Zambia through a friend and when she attended one of our volunteer meetings she had such great input we knew we needed her on our board Welcome Stephanie!

Board member

John Barlow

Education of the youth is always the answer for a more prosperous nation

Secretary

Barbara Sims is always looking for ways to help give to others. She has a great family who supports her in her endeavors. She makes beautiful quilts and scrapbooks. She has three married children and 12 grandchildren her life is busy and happy. She was excited to read Peggy's books and learn about situations in Africa. Through Zambia's Scholarship Fund, she learned about how inexpensive it is to do so much good. She is excited to share Peggy's passion and dream of changing lives in Zambia.

Board Member

Terri Jensen is a graduate of Brigham Young University and a recently retired award-winning teacher. She has been involved in ZSF since its early days and loves the remarkable work being done there. Terri traveled to Zimbabwe & taught 9 workshops there to youth, in addition to giving humanitarian service there. She and her family are active in providing service to Salt Lake's inner-city families. Terri, her husband and 3 children are grateful for the terrific opportunity to lend their support to new opportunities for service with ZSF

Treasurer

Sandy Jensen is the school rep for Ituna High school and a sponsor of 15 years. She went to Zambia in March of 2017. She has 5 children and 11 grandchildren. She has traveled all over the world with her parents. She always wanted to be involved in helping a developing country. when she met Peggy and read her first book, she knew she had to sponsor one of the students in Zambia. She is amazed at how the scholarship fund has grown since she first got involved.

Board Member

Yuliya Love Lynch is ZSF micro funds/ orphanage rep. She was born in Perm, Russia. She has attended several Universities . She has 4 Bachelor's degree's and 1 Master's degree. She is working as a Financial Analyst in the sub-prime lending industry. Yuliya's dream is to help the poor by offering them more robust opportunities through commercial and not-for-profit solutions that will give them a chance to achieve a better financial future for themselves, their families and their communities.

Our School Reps

School rep

Liz Satori says her contribution to the Zambia Scholarship Fund is not huge, but considers it her "Starfish". "I hope you all remember the story of the boy on the beach who rescued starfish when the tide was going out....I've always regarded the opportunity for education like life itself."

Colleges

Hope Olsen met Peggy in elementary school & has been good friends ever since. She read Peggy's book & wanted to get involved. She has been amazed at the dedication & love Peggy has for the people of Zambia. She has been a volunteer for ZSF for 10 years. She loves to read each story of the young men & women who are applying.

Adopt a School rep

Maggie Skroski has a Masters degree of Library Science and is a student at East Carolina University.
She was connected with ZSF through our California Branch in 2010 and has been involved ever since. She started as supporting a student and expanded into working with our elementary school sponsors.

Adopt a school rep

Cam Hess has been a long time friend of the Rogers. He is an engineer & computer specialist. He currently lives in Southern California. He enjoyed reading Heart to Heart-Worlds Apart. He says it changed his life by increasing his appreciation for his own blessings & increased his compassion for those living in much less fortunate circumstances.

Lukashi trade

Jacob McLaws is currently a designer at Google in Mountain View, California. He believes every child in the world deserves the opportunity to attend school. As a teenager he got the chance to travel with ZSF to film. Seeing the difference education made in the happiness of the people he met made him appreciate his own opportunities & want to do more.

School Rep

Bari Olson is over Kasama boys high school. She is a retired teacher, in love with humankind. Shes been with ZSF for 8 years, started as a sponsor, & is currently over the sponsors at Kasama Boys. She owns Peggy's books, videos, etc., and have given many away. It is an honor to serve alongside ZSF's finest!

School Rep

Sue Brockbank is over Katabunga high. "As an educator myself, it seemed the natural thing to get involved". It's a beautiful thing happening now in Zambia with so many people inspired and giving! Knowing that every small part that I can give will go directly to help an individual or a teacher, makes it a pleasure to support ZSF.

Our Active Volunteers

Accountant

Scott Rogers has taken on the role of our new accountant (Dennis has retired and says he is too old, thank you Dennis) Scott has a math degree from University of Utah. He has been a math teacher at Mountain View High, Park City High, Walquist Jr. High, and Rocky Mt. Jr. High. He has been to Zambia three times and finds all the poverty extremely heartwrenching. He says he is learning quick books so hopes everyone will be patient with him.

Media Specialists

Darin and Trista Andersen are amazing they do everything from our newsletter to our website. They have 6 children and volunteer with the CERT program. They are foster parents and recently adopted 3 wonderful children who needed a family. They met Peggy in 2003 when she did a presentation about Zambia at their daughter's 4th grade class. Our family has loved sponsoring high school students in Zambia and reading our students' beautifully-written letters of gratitude and hope. Zambia's Scholarship Fund gives these young people opportunities for a brighter future. It is a privilege to be part of this organization.

Cheleshe Chipela school rep

Denise Anger is over our Cheleshe Chipela handicapped school. Her husband passed away in 2008. She has 7 children. She became good friends with Peggy thru a Gardening Club and never dreamed that someday she would go to Zambia but destiny called. In 2012 she was on her way. She had many fears but can honestly say that none were real. The people impressed her the most. They were so full of love and so happy even in their hard circumstances.

Mungwi school reps

Halee and AJ Roth are (among many other things) the school reps for Mungwi High school. They manage and show others how to use our google doc's, design programs, and flyers. They have 3 small children but still find time to help. If you havent visited our google doc folders you should. You can find all of our students, all of our slide shows, all of micor fund recipients, pictures and more. Just ask Halee to show you how : haleejroth@gmail.com

Active volunteer

Karen Trenholm has been a volunteer for ZSF for 9 years. She is a retired teacher, has 4 daughters, 9 grandchildren. She went to Zambia in 2010. "It was a life-changing experience. We were overwhelmed by Zambians positive attitudes & enthusiasm for learning inspite of having next to nothing."She would encourage people to help by being a sponsor or visiting Zambia. She would love to speak to groups, schools, clubs about Zambia.

Board member Zambia

Christopher Chabinga is currently a lecturer at Kasama teachers college in Zambia. ZSF has worked with Christopher and Kasama teachers college since its beginning in 2000. He has been on the Zambian board of directors for four years and has never compensated for his work. We want to thank Christoper for being a huge part of what we do.

Zambian Board members

We are thrilled and think it is an honor that Claire Albrecht and her husband Justin Hostetter, joined the Zambian Board of Directors this spring. Claire and Justin met in Zambia while serving in the USA peace corps. They are soon to blessed with their first child due this month. They both fell in love with Zambia and its people so they decided to make Zambia their permanent home. Together they run the Bakashana organization also helping girls get an education.

Long time volunteer

Bonnie Rembacz became involved with Zambia's Scholarship Fund in 2010. She picked 2 students to sponsor; a girl and a boy. Since then she has supported four more students. Danny Chama (pictured) she grew to know through letters and realized she could make a difference in his life. So she visited Zambia, the best part of her trip was the opportunity to meet 3 of her students & listen to their stories.

Board member Zambia

Francis Mulenga is the Pastor of the Church of Hope Assembly in Zambia and a member of ZSF board of Directors in Zambia. He is from the tiny village of Njakuki and is married with five children. He began his ministry in 2000 when he attended Bible college at the Christian Vocational center in Lusaka. He currently assists with over seeing the financial reports and helping to select micro-fund recipients.

Board member Zambia

Ireen Mulenga Joined the ZSF board of Directors in Zambia in March of 2017. She is from the tiny village of and is married with children. Her bio is coming she will be the secretary of the board.

Cheleshe Chipela school rep

Karen Haslem is a retired school teacher and active enthusiast towards the school for our special needs. She has been to Zambia twice and is currently raising money to get benches for several of our schools. She lives in Logan Utah, where her and her husband run a small orchard. She has four children and 12 grandchildren. She is a happy person making trips to Zambia more bearable. Smile, Smile, Smile

Accountant In Zambia

My name is kelvin chundu I have worked for ZSF for 5 years,I have learnt a lot whilst working for ZSF,I regard my Job as a ministry God has called me to do,I feel fulfilled every time I'm on an assignment for my Job,I would like also to thank all the sponsors who have taken time to help the vulnerable children in schools and colleges and my prayer is that they may continue,for these few years I have worked for ZSF I have seen how vulnerable children have been transformed from a poor background into graduates who are now able to support there families into many things especially in education and also be able to have 3 meals per day.God bless you and your help really goes a long way

Finance auditor USA

Robert Ng’ambi is our volunteer CPA he was born in a mining town called Luanshya, Copperbelt. He completed his high school & went to college in South Africa, then he had the opportunity to attend college in the USA. He is interested in the financial world, so he decided to major in accounting. He graduated from BYU Idaho in 2014 with an accounting degree and landed a Job as a staff accountant at PEG Development (Real estate developer). After two years at PEG Development, he decided to change jobs currently working at Goldman Sachs.He is also working on master’s education (Finance & Economics) through West Texas A&M.

Program Director Zambia

Tobias Mangani joined the ZSF team as the program director in Zambia in March of 2010. He is always letting us know how grateful he is for giving him the wonderful and rare opportunity to serve such a great organization but we could not do what we do with out him. He works hard and the choices he has to make are difficult ones. Many Zambians wait outside his door just to ask him if he can get them a scholarship, it breaks his heart each time he has to turn people away. He is patient and kind, a delight to work with.

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Zambia's Scholarship Fund is listed as an approved charity in the Combined Federal Campaign's annual publication of 501(c)(3) charities. To locate us in the publication, our
CFC number is 10806.

ZSF also works with USAID, African Vision of Hope, Books for Africa, and the Better Business Bureau. For more information, please contact Peggy Rogers.